intercala
[ĩn̪t̪eɾˈkala]
The verdict
“intercala” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,908 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,908
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intercalar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-intercala · intercala · Spanish
intercala · rank #86,908 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,908
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH institucional…
Nearest frequency peer: institucionalizados (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “intercala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inmunidades
inmunidades
13,097 corpus weight
- institucion…
institucionalizados
13,094 corpus weight
- intercala
intercala
13,093 corpus weight
- intercedió
intercedió
13,092 corpus weight
- interrumpía
interrumpía
13,090 corpus weight
- intimación
intimación
13,089 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “intercala” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪eɾˈkala] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intercala” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intercala is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,908 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪eɾˈkala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for intercala in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is intercala, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de intercalar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de intercalar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.